Emeute à Jérusalem – août 2009
Two hurt in fresh Haredi riots in Jerusalem
29/08/2009
A woman motorist and a police officer were lightly wounded on Saturday, as ultra-Orthodox protestors renewed demonstrations against the opening of Jerusalem’s Karta parking lot on Shabbat.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters have converged on the parking lot every week since the Jerusalem municipality decided this summer to allow it to open on the Sabbath.
A police officer’s hand was wounded during physical confrontations with the protestors, and was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
The motorist was wounded after shards of glass as well as stones were hurled at her car as she was driving along nearby Bar Ilan Street.
Two Haredi demonstrators were arrested during events.
Six Haredi protestors were arrested during the previous Saturday’s rallies, after protestors attempted to block the entrance to the parking lot as well as the adjacent street.
On Friday, Police said an ultra-Orthodox Jew threw himself under the wheels of idling car and was moderately wounded during similar protests.
Driving is a violation of the Sabbath under Jewish law. The protesters have scuffled with police and some have thrown themselves in front of vehicles to try to prevent them from driving.
On Friday, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmulik Ben-Ruby said it was not clear whether the driver knew the man had crawled underneath his car when it was stopped at a traffic light.
The protester was dragged several dozen yards before the vehicle stopped,
Ben-Ruby said. The driver fled the scene and police set up roadblocks to try to apprehend him, he said.
Members of the ultra-Orthodox sect known as the Eda Haharedit said Friday that they intend to strengthen their protest against the opening of the Karta garage on Sabbath, Army Radio reported on Friday.
Hundreds of protesters have been gathering in Jerusalem on a weekly basis in the Haredi neighborhood of Meah Shearim for the past two months to protest the municipality’s decision to open the parking lot. The protests and prayer assemblies planned for Friday are an attempt to alter the mayor’s decision and end the desecration of Sabbath.
One of the sect’s leaders, Joseph Rosenfeld, said that he thinks the ultra-Orthodox community hasn’t lost its battle against the municipality despite the fact that the garage has remained open. He also said that distancing the secular population from the garage is considered « a great victory ».
Yoelish Krois, one of the protests leaders said that « our protests have harmed the secular tourist industry. »
The Jerusalem municipality said in response that it will not yield to the demonstrators’ demands and plans to keep the parking lot open on Sabbath.
Jerusalem: Haredi riots resume; 2 arrested
29.08. 09
Ultra-Orthodox protests against Shabbat desecration continue in capital as rioters attempt to block entrance to Karta parking lot, hurl stones at cars moving on Bar Ilan Street. Woman, police officer hurt
Several hundred ultra-Orthodox gathered near the Karta parking lot in Jerusalem Saturday noon and attempted to block the entrance to the place in protest of what they claim is a desecration of the Shabbat.
Police forces stopped the protestors from preventing entry to the parking lot and traffic in the area continued uninterrupted.
Two haredim were arrested and one police officer was lightly wounded in his hand during the clashes. The officer was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
At approximately the same time, some 200 haredim arrived at a nearby intersection and tried marching towards the disputed parking lot, but were also blocked by security forces.
Meanwhile, haredim also hurled stones at vehicles moving on Bar Ilan Street in the capital. A woman riding a taxicab was lightly injured by glass shards and evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center for treatment.
On Friday, a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man demonstrating against the opening of the Karta parking lot was moderately injured after a car he was lying under dragged him several meters.
J’lem: Haredi injured in parking lot protest
29.08. 09
After mass prayer at controversial parking lot, ultra-Orthodox demonstrators throw themselves on road in attempt to block traffic in protest of Shabbat desecration. One man lies down under car stopped at traffic light, is dragged several meters when car begins to move, evacuated to hospital in moderate condition
A 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man demonstrating against the opening of the Karta parking lot in Jerusalem on Shabbat was moderately injured on Friday after lying under the wheels of a car in protest of the desecration of Shabbat.
The car was stopped at a traffic light, and when the driver began to move, the haredi man was dragged several meters. He was evacuated to hospital, and the driver fled the scene.
The incident occurred shortly after the conclusion of Shabbat prayers. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox held a mass prayer near the entrance to the controversial parking lot, as part of their ongoing protest against its opening on Shabbat.
At the end of the prayer, several of the protesters began to riot, and some of them threw themselves on the road of Hativat Yerushalayim Street in an attempt to prevent cars from driving.
The 20-year-old decided to lie under a car stopped at a traffic light nearby. When the light turned green, the car began to move, dragging the man behind it. The vehicle stopped several meters later, and after the man managed to free himself from its grip, the driver fled the scene.
A Magen David Adom crew called to the scene treated the man, and evacuated him to hospital in moderate condition.
Police launched an investigation into the incident, but it remained unclear whether the driver was aware that there was someone lying under the vehicle and drove off intentionally, or innocently did not notice.
Police barriers were stationed around the area in hopes of tracking the vehicle down. The rest of the protesters in the area were escorted back to the Mea Shearim neighborhood in the city.
On Friday, police prepared for Saturday’s weekly protest at the parking lot.
Commissioner Dudi Cohen said part of the officers that were stationed at the Temple Mount for the Muslim Friday prayers will also be deployed around the Karta parking long and haredi neighborhoods on Saturday.
« The Jerusalem Police have been dealing with the haredi protests for 10 weeks now. The Jerusalem Police have managed to handle the protests nicely while maintaining restraint and sensitivity in dealing with the haredi community, » Cohen said.
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